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Obama announces first new nuclear power station in US for 30 years
US President Barack Obama yesterday announced plans for the first new nuclear power station in the country for nearly 30 years.
UK to build world’s largest wind turbine test rig
The UK Government-backed Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is planning to build the world’s largest wind turbine test rig in the North East.
New UK social housing energy cooperative on the horizon
Social housing organisations in the UK are forming an energy cooperative that could generate 250 MW of electricity and £20 million a year from small-scale renewable energy installations.
UK and India to join forces on solar power
The UK and India have announced plans to join forces on developing cost-effective and efficient solar power.
South Wales and M4 corridor to become ‘hydrogen highway’
UK efforts in hydrogen are to be centred in south Wales and along the M4 corridor as far as Swindon, the Government announced on Friday.
UK opposition party pledges £400 million for offshore wind turbine manufacture
UK opposition party the Liberal Democrats yesterday unveiled a manifesto pledge to invest £400 million transforming disused shipyards into producing offshore wind turbines.
Research into distributed energy gets £2 million boost
The UK Government-backed Energy Technology Institute has announced £2 million in funding for two studies of localised energy generation and use.
UK’s National Trust to ‘grow own energy’
The UK’s National Trust has announced that it plans to introduce ‘grow your own’ small-scale renewable energy schemes across its properties in a bid to reduce its energy use 45% by 2020.
Green transport revolution needed to tackle ‘oil crunch’, says report
The UK Government needs to accelerate the green industrial revolution – and particularly the move to green transport – to tackle dwindling oil supplies, according to a new report.
EU must commit to green power for electric cars, says report
The EU must ensure that electric cars run green electricity so that their introduction does not increase carbon emissions, says a report from environmental groups.